Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana launched digital platform ‘Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records’ (FASTER).
The platform would be used by the court officials to instantly to send e-copies of the orders to intended parties, through a secured electronic communication channel. It covers all types of orders of the court.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC is set to be admitted as the seventh member of the East African Community (EAC).
In the Extraordinary Heads of State Summit, DR Congo will be formally received in a virtual session. The DRC will gain access to the two main ports in the region-Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, also gaining trade, political and security cooperation. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda are the other members.

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‘Guidance’, the investment promotion agency, for winning the ‘Best Investment Promotion Agency Award’ in Asia Oceania Region at the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2022.
It was an initiative of the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates. Guidance, the single-window facilitation wing of the Industries Department of Tamil Nadu, has played a significant role in presenting business opportunities in Tamil Nadu since 1992.

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India and Australia signed an Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA). It seeks to provide -duty access to 96 per cent of India’s exports to Australia.
The exports include engineering goods, gems and jewellery, textiles, apparel and leather. The pact is expected to boost bilateral trade in goods and services to USD 45-50 billion over five years and generate over one million jobs in India.

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Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched “Prakriti”, mascot that spreads awareness about small changes in life that can curb plastic pollution.
It also highlights various green initiatives taken by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure effective Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in the country.

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According to a study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the frequency and intensity of forest fires have increased in the past two decades.
The study, ‘Managing Forest Fires in a Changing Climate’, found that there has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires in the past two decades. More than 62 per cent of Indian states are prone to high-intensity forest fires. Mizoram had the highest number of forest fires in the last two decades, with more than 95 per cent of its districts being forest fire hotspots.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the guidelines on setting up of digital banking units (DBUs). Commercial banks (other than RRBs, payment banks and LABs) with past digital banking experience are permitted to open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6 centres
The Budget speech for 2022-2023 announced setting up of 75 DBUs in 75 districts to commemorate 75 years of independence of the country.

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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently launched Airport as Venue for skilled artisans Of The Region (AVSAR) scheme.
It aims to allocate space to Self Help Groups (SHGs) at its airports for selling or showcasing the self-made products of their region. Under this scheme, an area of 100-200 square feet has been earmarked at each AAI-operated airport.

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A team of astronomers led by researchers at the Center for Astrophysics- Harvard & Smithsonian, USA has detected the most distant astronomical object ever.
The object named ‘HD1’ is a galaxy candidate 13.5 billion light-years away. The astronomical object is extremely bright in ultraviolet light due to some energetic processes occurring in it. HD1 forms more than 100 stars every single year, which 10 times higher than that of starburst galaxies

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The Defence Ministry announced that 25% of the domestic capital procurement budget, amounting to more than Rs. 21,000 crore will be earmarked for private industries in the financial year of 2022-23.
Rs. 1500 crore will be earmarked for procurement from start-ups. Ministry of Defence had earlier decided to earmark 68% of the capital procurement budget for the entire domestic industry during the financial year of 2022-23.